Bereshit / Genesis 37:1-40:23 Amos / Amos 2:6-3:8 Ma’asei Hashlichim / Acts 7:9-16 We have looked at the story of Yosef and we have studied the spiritual aspects and implications of it. However, that is not what I would like to do today. I would like to take a plain, real life look at what [...]

Vol. 10 No.11 / July 2005 / Sivan Tammuz 5765 Miracles still occur! They may not be the magnificent, physical, visual happenings, the likes of the parting of the Yam Suf (Sea of Reeds), but they still occur. As we approach the reading in our Torah cycle of Parsha “Korach” (Korah), (Bamidbar / Numbers 16:1-18:32), [...]

Bamibar / Numbers 25:10-30:1 Yirmeyahu / Jeremiah 1:1-2:3 Yochanan / John 2:13-22 Bamidbar {25:10} HaShem spoke to Moshe (Moses), saying, {25:11} Pinchas, ben (son of) El’azar, ben Aharon the cohen (priest), has turned my wrath away from bnei Yisrael (the children of Israel), in that he was jealous with My jealousy among them, so that [...]

Bamidbar / Numbers 25:10-30:1 Yermiyahu / Jeremiah 1:1- 2:3 Yochanan / John 2:13-22 Bamidbar 25.4, HaShem did not ask that the heads of the household that were sinning against Him by breaking His commandments, to be stoned. He instructed Moshe to hang them in the sun, probably not a very pleasant death considering the temperature [...]

Bamidbar / Numbers 25:10-30:1 Yermiyahu / Jeremiah 1:1- 2:3 Yochanan / John 2:13-22 Bamidbar {25:10} HaSHEM spoke to Moshe, saying, {25:11} Phinehas, the ben El’azar, the ben Aharon the cohen, has turned my wrath away from the Bnei Yisrael, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I didn’t consume the [...]

Bamidbar / Numbers 16.1-18.32 Sh’muel Alef / Samuel 11.14-12.22 Romim / Romans 13:1-7 Bamidbar {16:12} Moshe sent to call Datan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they said, We won’t come up: {16:13} is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to [...]

Bamidbar / Numbers 4:21-7:89 Shoftim / Judges 13:2-25 Ma’asei Talmidim / Acts 21:17-26 This is quite a lengthy Parasha, containing many interesting topics to consider for discussion. However, the topic which most prominently came to me, is the portion on the jealous husband: Bamidbar {5:11} “HaSHEM (G-d) spoke to Moshe, saying, {5:12} Speak to the [...]

Bereshit / Genesis 37:1-40:23 Amos / Amos 2:6-3:8 Ma’asei Hashlichim / Acts 7:9-16 Bereshit {37:3} Now Yisrael loved Yoseph more than all his children, because he was the ben (son) his old age, and he made him a coat of many colors. {37:4} His brothers saw that their ‘ab (father) loved him more than all his brothers, [...]

Bereshit / Genesis 37:1-40:23 Amos / Amos 2:6-3:8 Ma’asei Hashlichim / Acts 7:9-16 Bereshit {37:1} Yaacov lived in the land of his ab-’s (father’s) travels, in the land of Canaan. {37:2} This is the history of the generations of Yaacov. Yoseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with [...]

Bereshit / Genesis 37:1-40:23 Bamidbar / Numbers 7:1-17 Zecharyah / Zechariah 2:14- 4:7 Ma’asei Hashlichim / Acts 7:9-16 I hope you read and meditate on this weeks Parasha, because it is so beautiful and so meaningful. As we get started I would like to point something out that perhaps you might have overlooked, in our study of [...]